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Raytheon scrapping the remainder of the Beech Starship fleet

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on 2004-Aug-01 00:01:15 Anonymous coward said

Dave
This sucks, Starship is one cool aircraft. Wonder why they gotta get cut?
on 2004-Sep-04 21:09:00 Anonymous coward said

Dan
If I had a few mil, I'd save them all, that sucks.
on 2004-Sep-23 20:50:47 Anonymous coward said

Chillipepper
Mojave. They may be for sale, there are a LOT of operations out of Mojave. Not just a spaceport...
on 2004-Sep-23 20:51:52 Anonymous coward said

Chillipepper
Sorry, did not read mouseover. Still, plans change FY to FY.
on 2004-Oct-22 22:25:44 Anonymous coward said

HJ
Great story on the sad demise of this cool piece of gear in Air&Space magazine recently...alas, they did get destroyed
on 2005-Jan-12 22:04:01 Anonymous coward said

cj5_pilot
Supposedly Rutan's Scaled Composites still has theres. Was used as a chase plane for Spaceship One.
on 2005-Jan-15 17:51:05 Anonymous coward said

tomy2gunn
Are these still at Mojave ???
on 2005-May-18 13:44:54 Anonymous coward said

me
These never were at Mojave...this picture is at MZJ-Marana Air Center (Pinal Air Park) near Tucson...ex-CIA training facility now "leased" by Evergreen International Airlines. This is only part of the fleet there awaiting their fate!
on 2005-Jul-27 08:57:15 Anonymous coward said

Beech-Hater
Now if only they could chop up all the Barons as well! :-(
on 2005-Aug-09 14:04:50 Anonymous coward said

747
Why is Northwest throwing away so many 747s now in days.
on 2005-Dec-31 21:25:29 Anonymous coward said

jmstewart
L-3 has some of these, been on one when they came to visit my area. they bought Rath out.
on 2006-Mar-02 18:51:00 Anonymous coward said

dave
I do belive that the Starship on the lower right still is around today.
on 2006-Nov-10 17:00:45 Anonymous coward said

Pico
The insectoid mutants waited impatiently for orders. The Grand Insect did not disappoint.
on 2006-Nov-18 21:38:39 Anonymous coward said

Bob32
I saw one flying out of Sedona in November, 2006; sometime between the 1st and the 5th. Couldn't get the tail number.
on 2007-Mar-15 13:30:40 Anonymous coward said

Mike aka mirage21701
I have loved this plane for years and while I was doing some searching on it I came across this website. http://www.bobscherer.com/Pages/Starship.htm It tells about each starship and its current status. Thought you all might like to check it out.
on 2007-May-25 13:29:52 Anonymous coward said

USMC
Private sector's money...not tax payers $
on 2007-Oct-30 04:59:05 Anonymous coward said

Bret
Class action lawsuit killed this bird. I worked on most of these at one point or another. The only 2 left flying are in Tuscan.
on 2008-Jan-17 19:12:31 Anonymous coward said

SoCalSooner
There is one of these at John Wayne/Orange County airport. I hear/see him fly once in a while.
on 2008-Mar-26 03:17:17 Anonymous coward said

Booger
I've only seen on in real life - flying over my APT in Addison Texas around 1996/97. It was one of the best birds to watch flying. Too bad, its so state-of-the art, and I wondered why I never saw more of them. Its design and reviews were all top notch.
on 2008-May-11 17:23:59 Anonymous coward said

frutti tutti
dontcha hate rich people..... a waste of money..... who needs 20 of the same plane
on 2008-Nov-17 02:17:14 Anonymous coward said

Oz
As pretty as it looked, the Starship was a PITA to fly.
It would not maintain a stable altitude/attitude at cruise and flew a fugoid path as though hunting for correct trim.
A major redesign may have helped, but it was already too heavy and too slow.
on 2009-Jul-03 00:21:44 Anonymous coward said

Steve Kasian
Starships like these fly into KLAS on a regular basis, at least several times a week. They're not grounded.
on 2010-Jan-26 03:10:38 Anonymous coward said

Reaganart
As a former Raytheon-ite...
This is called "The Raytheon Way".
on 2010-Jun-18 19:31:11 Anonymous coward said

Homeslice
There was one flying around the Tidewater area a few weeks ago.
on 2011-Dec-19 08:49:02 J.D. said

They should have redesigned these Star Ships with Williams International Turbo Fans
on 2011-Dec-30 00:05:31 Planedude said

Y they kill all the starships D: they are a really cool plane
on 2012-Feb-14 19:11:37 jeremy said

hey guys just wondering because i have my own hanger in Texas an i was wondering how do u get to the website to buy a plane and parts i was considering a beech star ship and a f4 fantom can u tell me how much these thing are and how u get to the website

thanks jeremy
on 2012-Oct-11 18:10:40 jimmy said

I see one of these that flies out of Love Field almost every day. You can tell what it is as soon as you hear it. It's propellors make quite a unique sound.
on 2015-Mar-27 06:53:16 JC said

yes they did manage to destroy all of them except for two or three that remain in private hands. I know there is one registered in Europe but I forget which country has it, there is the one at Scaled Composites & has been using as a chase plane, and there is one here in Indianapolis that flies in and out of here locally frequently. They were killed because the manufacturer thought not enough of them were sold to cover the development cost so each one of them represents millions in lost revenue because of that andthe upkeep and warranty work were too expensive and it was cheaper to buy them out. One landed here on 3/24/15 most recently
on 2015-Jul-18 12:46:21 ben said

hey there is still 4 left that are in flying condition, 2 of them are in tulsa oklahoma

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